Events

7th International Summer School “Patient autonomy: legal, medical and ethical considerations The Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in cooperation with the National Bioethics and Technoethics Commission, are exceptionally pleased to announce the organization of the 7th International Summer School of Medical Law and Bioethics on “Patient autonomy: legal, medical and ethical considerations”. The Summer School will be conducted in English, by faculty members and doctoral students from AUTh and…

The recent Recommendation of Greek National Bioethics Commission on Mitochondrial Replacement Technologies by Emmanouil Laskaridis In the last few years, scientific progress in the field of Mitochondrial Replacement Technologies (MRTs) has been rapid. Following a mitochondrial replacement treatment carried out in Mexico, a baby was born in 2016, the first baby to be born after such a procedure. In 2015 the United Kingdom became the first country to explicitly legalize MRTs and to grant in 2017 its first license to a…

Find out the program of International Anniversary Conference, "1997-2017 20 years after Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine What are the achieved gains and its potential?" by following the link below. Program

Thessaloniki International Conference 20 years after Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine announces Christian Byk, John Harris, George Serghides and Rita Vassena as Keynote Speakers, 8-9 December 2017. The Conference will be hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the premises of Medical Chamber of Thessaloniki, jointly organised by Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law) and Medical Chamber of Thessaloniki, as well as Erasmus University of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and University of…

The Laboratory for the Research of Medical Law and Bioethics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) is exceptionally pleased to announce the organisation, in cooperation with ELSA Thessaloniki, of the 2nd International Summer School of Medical Law and Bioethics on "The end of life: legal, medical and ethical issues". The Summer School will be conducted in English, by faculty members and doctoral students from AUTh and from other universities in Greece and abroad, as well as by specialised jurists…

Join healthcare policymakers, executives, entrepreneurs, scholars, and students across disciplines for a series of panel discussions and presentations addressing rural health disparities. The goal: identify ongoing solutions to our local and national rural health crisis. Walker Room, Rusk Hall, 9:00AM - 4:30PM, April 21, 2017, Athens, GA Agenda | Source